Asians take pride in a place
Students who were born in Asia are winning places in New South Wales universities at up to three times the rate of their Australian or European-born counterparts, possibly because their parents place...
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Incendiary device
Nationalism
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Spray to catch flu in nose
A new nasal spray that could help conquer influenza is being developed at Cardiff University's Common Cold and Nasal Research Centre, writes Iola Smith. The spray prevents flu viruses from clinging...
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Imperial gambit, modern game
Japan's Total Empire
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A little guidance for mentors
Teacher Development
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Bug that bears the mark of death
While researching a strain of typhoid wreaking havoc in Vietnam, British scientists made a chilling discovery. At the heart of the typhoid bug they glimpsed the Black Death. Steve Farrar reports. It...
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Japanese venture into business partnerships with industry
Hokkaido University in north Japan is to establish a business investment fund to attract capital for manufacturing and marketing the products being developed at the university's research laboratories...
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Tiger's eyes
(Photograph) - Mahathir Mohamad, prime minister of Malaysia, one of the fast-growing so-called "tiger" economies of South-east Asia, this week launched the Malaysian Commonwealth Studies Centre at...
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Higher channels
John Davies selects radio and television programmes of use to THES readers. (All times pm unless stated.) Pick of the week Horizon: Chimps on Death Row Thursday 9.25 BBC2. Horizon continues the...
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Unorthodox... and untenured
Sian Griffiths reports on the mystery surrounding the failure of a respected Muslim historian, Ayesha Jalal, to secure tenure at one of America's leading universities. Original", "very very good", "...
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Knowing your place in an ever-shifting world
Handbook of Environmental Assessment, Volumes One and Two
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Current sources of research funding
Each week this section lists funds available for academic researchers. Items for inclusion should be submitted to research@thes.co.uk DEPT OF ENVIRONMENT, TRANSPORT ANDTHE REGIONS www.technopolis.co....
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Student safety fears grow
TWO American colleges have cancelled study programmes abroad and others are predicting increased scrutiny after 13 students were robbed at gunpoint and five of them raped in Guatemala. The students,...
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Honorary degrees
South Bank University DLitt: Melvyn Bragg, presenter and editor of the South Bank Show, controller of arts, London Weekend Television and author; Anthony Giddens, director of the London School of...
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How exams reflect life
It seems to be agreed that traditional exams, whatever their failings, are at least one of the more objective forms of assessment (THES, June 7). Much criticism is based on the idea that they are "...